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An ambitious medical symposium planned for July has been put back a year due to lack of sponsorship — but its US organisers are determined to go ahead with a public forum.
The international conference on breast cancer, which would have brought 120 do...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Marc Bean has told the Island’s churches that they have no business interfering in the issue of bringing gambling to the Island.
Pointing to a need for a separation between church and state, Mr Bean questioned what right the church had to comment on ...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A seniors advocate has called for stronger laws to protect the elderly from being exploited out of their property.
Despite the 2008 introduction of the Seniors Abuse Registry Act, Age Concern Director Claudette Fleming said Bermuda suffered from “reg...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two elderly residents each claim social assistance agencies have been unable to protect them from their own families.
In the first, an elderly man claims relatives deceived him into signing over his property.
“They have totally manipulated him,” his...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have vowed to weaken gangs by targeting the Island’s most prolific offenders and to deploy “relentless investigations” against those who commit serious crimes.
And the Island’s CCTV network will be expanded, and the cameras equipped with the a...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patients calling for an ambulance because they can’t afford a taxi, or fabricating complaints to avoid having to pay, are among the issues confronted by hospital staff.
Roslyn Bascome-Adams, the Emergency Department Director, told The Royal Gazette t...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
For the first time, the Spirit of Bermuda is sending a float in the Bermuda Day Parade, with a replica of the vessel accompanied by hundreds of young people.
The move is part of an ongoing initiative to save the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s youth progr...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teen poet Alys Webber’s advice to others: you can’t win if you don’t take part.
She came top in her age group in this year’s Teen Advisory Board poetry competition, an annual event organised by Bermuda National Library’s Youth Services.
Alys opted to...
DATE: May 13, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s shrinking population hasn’t translated into a reduction in health insurance rates.
Fewer residents are using more medical services locally and overseas, said Michelle Jackson of Argus.
She spoke with The Royal Gazette as part of an ongoing ...
DATE: May 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A time capsule filled with soldiers’ memories was laid in place at Bermuda’s War Memorial yesterday.
The burial of the safe containing books, documents and DVDs, marked the completion of the monument on the grounds of Cabinet.
The job was a labour of...
DATE: May 10, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
